Mentally Healthy Workplaces

Invest in Your Workplaces—Mental Health at Work Makes Good Business Sense

With most adults spending more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, addressing issues of mental health at work is vitally important for all people in Canada—especially employers.

Each week in Canada, 500,000 employees are absent from work due to a mental health problem or illness, which is more than a $51-billion annual cost to the economy. It's time to ask, what is that cost to your business? From turnover to absenteeism to growing legal implications, not only is ensuring a mentally healthy workplace the right thing to do, it makes good business sense.

338 Conversations on Workplace Mental Health

We partnered with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to launch 338 Conversations. 338 Conversations is a call to action for all 338 Members of Parliament to join forces with local chambers of commerce to promote workplace mental health and encourage the business community to take the steps needed to ensure the mental well-being of their workers.

We have created a toolkit for chambers of commerce to start promoting this initiative in their communities now, leading up to the federal election this Fall 2019. To download the toolkit, click here.

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